Stay away from metal body gaming laptops.

Radioactive Gamer · Nov 17, 2017

This is only my recent experience, and personal opinion which I want to share. So I bought an Asus Gaming laptop for 400 bucks last month, it is a 2014 model, but my friend who has a newer model also expressed similar issues. The metal body sometimes shorts out the touch pad, or makes the cursor jump everywhere and select things. I could easily say it is because of the laptops age, but that isn't the case. The metal body laptops are fragile and the slightest bend could ruin your touch pad. I will never buy another metal body laptop. I am not sure exactly what laptop my friend Eric has, but he said his touch pad stopped working within the first month. While still having a warranty I assume, that would still be an inconvenience. Disclaimer: Others may have the opposite experience with metal bodies, and if you have had better experiences with a metal body, good for you. Others may disagree with my opinion, and then again this is only a single experience, so don't let me be a deal breaker and ask around about other experiences. I cannot accurately apply this experience to all metal body laptops.

SkyNetRising · Nov 17, 2017

Touchpads on most laptops are barely usable. I always prefer using mouse on any laptop.

Radioactive Gamer · Nov 17, 2017

SkyNetRising :

I agree, as I also prefer a mouse over a touch pad for gaming, but when you just want to surf the web, or even make use of the convenience of portability, it can be very aggravating.

smorizio · Nov 17, 2017

Radioactive Gamer :

This is only my recent experience, and personal opinion which I want to share. So I bought an Asus Gaming laptop for 400 bucks last month, it is a 2014 model, but my friend who has a newer model also expressed similar issues. The metal body sometimes shorts out the touch pad, or makes the cursor jump everywhere and select things. I could easily say it is because of the laptops age, but that isn't the case. The metal body laptops are fragile and the slightest bend could ruin your touch pad. I will never buy another metal body laptop. I am not sure exactly what laptop my friend Eric has, but he said his touch pad stopped working within the first month. While still having a warranty I assume, that would still be an inconvenience. Disclaimer: Others may have the opposite experience with metal bodies, and if you have had better experiences with a metal body, good for you. Others may disagree with my opinion, and then again this is only a single experience, so don't let me be a deal breaker and ask around about other experiences. I cannot accurately apply this experience to all metal body laptops.

as a tech i see this issue pop up over the years with tuch pads. the 5c fix is use rubber spacer or eletric tape to keep the unit from shorting to the laptop case.

Phillip Corcoran · Nov 17, 2017

I prefer to use a regular mouse for everything on every laptop I use - heck it's just so much quicker to get where I want to be than a touchpad.

Of course, I have to admit it's easy for me to do that because I never use a laptop anywhere but on a table in a house, I have never needed to use a laptop whilst travelling or anywhere outdoors. So for the past 20 years it's always been a regular mouse for me - kinda hard to break a habit like that - I don't even like using an OS via a touchscreen.

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